It’s time to kill the web app

This isn't really about killing "the web" though, it's about changing web development as we do it today. At least, when I read that title I assumed it was about the web as a whole, not just web apps and the way we develop them.

Re: It’s time to kill the web app

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Post by fictionfuture » Sat, Sep 23, 2017, 7:47 PM UTC

This article is so naive.

It completely negates all the benefits of the open web while presenting problems along with non-sensical "fixes"...

Re: It’s time to kill the web app

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Post by ovao » Sat, Sep 23, 2017, 7:47 PM UTC

snakeanus wrote: post #3

Quite a bit ironic that you need js to actually see the images in that article.

The links are also indistinguishable from text, at least on iOS.

Re: It’s time to kill the web app

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Post by agumonkey » Sat, Sep 23, 2017, 7:48 PM UTC

Even though it's a bit forced, I agree that the whole mainstream computer field as a weird non ROI. Machines 10000x faster, personal value/productivity: flat or below.

Re: It’s time to kill the web app

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Post by dang » Sat, Sep 23, 2017, 7:51 PM UTC

daenney wrote: post #4

This isn't really about killing "the web" though, it's about changing web development as we do it today. At least, when I read that title I assumed it was about the web as a whole, not just web apps and the way we develop them.

OK, we added 'app' above. That seems in the spirit of the article, which seems fine with the web as a document platform.

Re: It’s time to kill the web app

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Post by closeparen » Sat, Sep 23, 2017, 8:03 PM UTC

agumonkey wrote: post #7

Even though it's a bit forced, I agree that the whole mainstream computer field as a weird non ROI. Machines 10000x faster, personal value/productivity: flat or below.

Web properties have invested growing processing power to the immense benefit of their customers, advertisers. Of course users have not reaped productivity gains from something we don't pay for.

Re: It’s time to kill the web app

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Post by notatoad » Sat, Sep 23, 2017, 8:05 PM UTC

>In part 2 I’ll propose a new app platform that is buildable by a small group in a reasonable amount of time, and which (IMHO) should be much better than what we have today... Next time: how we can do that.

i look forward to that article. This one, on the other hand, seems a little pointless. Does the web have problems? yes, absolutely. But I have a hard time believing the best way to solve them it to tear down everything we've built so far and start over.